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May Sarton: The minute one...

May Sarton: The minute one...

The minute one utters a certainty, the opposite comes to mind.

Source: Mrs. Stevens...

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Lorraine Hansberry: There is always...

Lorraine Hansberry: There is always...

There is always something left to love. And if you haven't learned that, you ain't learned...

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Jenny Joseph: But now we...

Jenny Joseph: But now we...

But now we must have clothes that keep us dry
And pay our rent and not swear in the street
And set a good...

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Jenny Joseph: But maybe I...

Jenny Joseph: But maybe I...

But maybe I ought to practise a little now?
So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised
When...

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Marie Lloyd: My old man...

Marie Lloyd: My old man...

My old man said, `Follow the van, Don't dilly-dally on the way!'
But I dillied and dallied, dallied and...

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Fanny Brice: I never liked...

Fanny Brice: I never liked...

I never liked the men I loved, and never loved the men I liked.

Source: In The...

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Fanny Brice: Being a funny...

Fanny Brice: Being a funny...

Being a funny person does an awful lot of things to you. You feel that you mustn't get serious with people. They don't...

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Fanny Brice: Your audience gives...

Fanny Brice: Your audience gives...

Your audience gives you everything you need. They tell you. There is no director who can direct you like an...

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Oprah Winfrey: Everyone has to...

Oprah Winfrey: Everyone has to...

Everyone has to learn to think differently, bigger, to open to possibilities.

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Audre Lorde: Our feelings are...

Audre Lorde: Our feelings are...

Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge.

Source: My Words Will Be...

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Audre Lorde: I am deliberate...

Audre Lorde: I am deliberate...

I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Muriel Rukeyser: Dreams the sources...

Muriel Rukeyser: Dreams the sources...

Dreams the sources of action, the meeting and the end,
a resting-place among the flight of...

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Paula Gunn Allen: An odd thing...

Paula Gunn Allen: An odd thing...

An odd thing occurs in the minds of Americans when Indian civilization in mentioned: little or...

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Susan Griffin: What is buried...

Susan Griffin: What is buried...

What is buried in the past of one generation falls to the next to claim.

Source: In...

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox: The truest greatness...

Ella Wheeler Wilcox: The truest greatness...

The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind.

Source:...

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Jacqueline Bisset: The deeper interior...

Jacqueline Bisset: The deeper interior...

The deeper interior you have the more you have in your llibrary.

Source: Interview...

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Jacqueline Bisset: I want to...

Jacqueline Bisset: I want to...

I want to keep my attractiveness as long as I can. It has to do with vitality, and energy and interest. We all lose...

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Mae West: Marriage is a...

Mae West: Marriage is a...

Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.

Source: In...

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Ethel Barrymore: There is as...

Ethel Barrymore: There is as...

There is as much difference between the stage and the film as between a piano and a violin. Normally you can't become...

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Lauren Bacall: I don't sit...

Lauren Bacall: I don't sit...

I don't sit around thinking that I'd like to have another husband; only another man would make me think that...

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